Clean Manufacturing: Cold Forming and Environmental Compliance

Cold forming, or cold forging, is becoming a more popular option for manufacturing precision engineered miniature and micro surgical and medical components. 1 Manufacturers that purchase custom cold formed components for their assemblies do so with a view to reduce raw material and labor costs while also improving yield and component reliability. While the parts are generally very small, a large percentage of them contain a wide variety of expensive — and often precious — raw materials, and any reduction of waste adds directly to the bottom line. Cold forming’s other advantage of retaining or even improving repeatable quality over alternative methods is another reason it is becoming increasingly popular.